Ornamental glass.



G. H. BRMSROOKn ORNAMENTAL. GLASS.. APPLICATION FILED MAB.. zo, 1905.

921 ,355. Patented may 11, 1909.

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ORNAMEEJTAL GLASS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed March 20, 1905. Serial No. 250,973.

Glass, of which the following is a specication, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

My invention has for its object to provide an improved ornamental glass. The invention is fully set forth in the following specification, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, and the' novel features thereof are pointed out and clearly defined in the claims at the close of this specification.

In the accompanying drawings I have shown a piece of glass having thereon a conventional figure, the whole embodying my invention.

Figure l is a plan view of a sheet of glass provided with ornamentation produced according to my invention. Fig. 2 is a section on line 2 2 of Fig. l of exaggerated size and thickness.

Stained or leaded glass, such as is used in windows as also in a large variety of smaller articles which it is desired shall be ornamental and artistic is expensive to produce. As commonly made it consists of a number of properly shaped and colored pieces of glass which are united to forni a window or other desired object of a given design by means of leaden strips. Such leaded glass is not only difiicult to produce and expensive, but it is .impossible to obtain certain effects which may be obtained in a design which is drawn and colored on canvas, glass, porcelain or other surface.

By the employment of my invention I am enabled to produce a stained glass having all the characteristics of leaded glass at very much less expense and I am also enabled to produce certain effects which it is possible to produce by drawing and coloring on surfaces such as canvas, porcelain and the like.

In the production of glass embodying my invention I may employ glass of any form, such for example as flat sheets of transparent glass, or articles of glass such for example as lamp shades, and the like.

I first put the lines 4 of the design, which will correspond with the leading on a piece of leaded glass, on the l ss l, painting the lines 4 iereon with a p i composed A ably rho silv i a suitahi,Lx u,

flux such with oil weil lrnmvn in f placed in a kiln i V the metallic pa' the appearance of plain ic i talhc p.. it represen ng ed portions or strips. rThe areas of mediate or outs de the iines or U be desired, covered any of the methods well known to the le, the enamel may be ground .i water a i app ied with a spe The glass is then heated sufficiently to fus ,1 cel and this process of applying ti enamel and fusing it may be repeated as many times as it may be necessary to get the required depth of color and variegated effects produced by the shading of the colors, which are frequently desirable to increase the richness of the effect of the whole design. After the 'firing has been completed, the article may be placed in a bath and metal 2 electro-deposited on the metallic surfaces 4 which separate the areas covered by the enamel, and these metallic surfaces may thus be coated or plated with metal, such for example as silver or copper. The metal may then either be burnished smooth or left with a rough effect as given by the deposited ietal, or it may be oxidized, bronzed or gilded. The deposited metal will rmly adhere to the mixture of flux and metallic silver which is thoroughly secured in place by being burned into the glass. Y

As will be clear this method of treatment may be applied to either one or both surfaces of the glass, or the metal worii may be done on one side of the glass and the enamel on the other.

I have also found in practice that the metallic silver and iiux used on the lines or areas 4 and the enamel on the surfaces 3 may be applied at the same time, that is, instead of fuir@r after the metallic silver and flux is applied the enamel is applied and then the whole is fired. In this case, however, I prefer to mix the powdered enamel with some essential oil instead of water.

By my invention a stained glass may be produced with intricate designs in which the I am also enabled to combine the cl'lects of my glass with those of glass as commonly made and I pi'eier in large Work to make the Work in sections oi suitable size ioi' convenient iii-ing and these sections I unite oi secure il glass thus treated to iix the metal to the glass and to fuse the enamel into the glass.

3. The process of making imitation leaded glass consisting of painting With metallic i paint combined with a suitable flux directly together by leading in the wel] known inan- L ner.

What I claim is' q )D l. VIhe iocess or makin@ imitation leaded C glass consisting of painting upon yitiilied material with metallic paint lines Winch loim a design, coatinO with enamel portions of the surface oiv the glass which are not covered by l the metal lines, subjecting the glass to heat to fix `the metal to the glass and to fuse the enamel and electro plating thelines of metal. rIne process oi' making imitation leaded glass consisting oi' painting with metallic upon a sheet of glass lines Which form a design, coating with enamel the portions of. the surface ol the glass which are not covered by the metal lines and subjecting to heat the glass thus treated to nx the metal to the glass and to fuse the enamel and electroplating the lines of metal.

4. The process of making imitation leaded glass consisting of painting lines which form paint combined With a suitable i'iux directly l upon a sheet of glass lines which torni a design, coating With enamel the portions of the sur-tace of the glass which are not covered by the metal lines and subjecting to heat the i a design upon a sheet of glass with a paint composed of iinely divided metallic silver and a suitable flux, coating with enamel the portions oiC the surface of the glass which are not covered by the 'metal lines and subjecting to heat the glass thus treated to fix the metal to the glass and to fuse the enamel.

In testimony whereof I al'lix my signature, in presence of two Witnesses.

GEORGE HALE BRABROOK.

IVitnesses WM. A. MAoLEoD, ALICE IT. MORRISON. 

